Costume Contacts - Make Your Eyes a Real WOW

Costume Contacts - Make Your Eyes a Real WOW

Want to transform yourself into a werewolf, zombie or alien? Costume contact lenses can make the transformation a complete success. Find out what is on offer and how to get lenses that are safe and will make everybody's head turn.

What costume contact lenses are on offer?

There are two brands of theatrical contact lenses that offer you the best looking, high quality lenses - Crazy Lenses by Cooper Vision and Wild Eyes by Ciba Vision. Both companies are major manufacturers of all types of contact lens, including corrective lenses, color contact lenses and theatrical lenses. So if you buy either Wild Eyes or Crazy Lenses, you can be sure you are paying for a high quality lens.

There are hundreds of costume lens styles available. Here are some:

• Cat's Eye - yellow, white, green or red, with a vertical black pupil just like a real cat


• White-out - makes your eye white, good for a zombie effect


• Black-out - makes your eye completely black


• Red Hot - for red vampire eyes


• Spirals - red, yellow and white, create a crazy effect


• Fire - bright yellow flames on a red background, around your pupil


• Bloodshot - red blood vessels over white background, very scary

See Halloween costume contacts pictures.

There are also many smaller companies and individual artists, who offer different designs for costume contact lenses. You can even get custom made lenses, with any design you like.

Costume contacts safety

You might have heard that Halloween contact lenses can damage your eyes. You shouldn't worry; though, because high quality lenses are absolutely safe; only improper care of them can cause problems. If you already wear contact lenses for vision correction, care for costume lenses is absolutely the same as for ordinary contacts.

If you are new to contact lenses, though, be sure to consult your eye doctor before you order yourself a pair of costume contacts. All contact lenses come with instructions on how to care for them. Be sure to read and follow these instructions - it isn't at all difficult.

Here it is, in a nut shell:

• don't wear your lenses for longer than 8 hours and never sleep in them


• only use contact lens solution to store and disinfect your lenses, never use tap water


• wash your hands before handling your contacts


• never wear a lens that is torn


• take your costume lenses off if they irritate your eyes


• never give your lenses to other people

How expensive are theatrical lenses?

A few years ago, costume contacts were a luxury item, costing several hundred dollars - but not any more! These days, if you order your theatrical contacts from a reputable online retailer, you can get an exciting new look for as little as $30-60.

Mass produced costume lenses like Crazy Lenses or Wild Eyes are the most affordable. Custom made, hand-painted and scleral lenses are a bit more costly.

Where can I get costume contact lenses?

Leading up to Halloween, you have probably seen these colorful boxes for sale everywhere - beauty salons, flea markets, even gas stations. However, it is not a good idea to buy your theatrical contact lenses from these places. Most of them sell no-brand costume contacts, so you can't know where they were manufactured or from what materials. Remember, the surface of your eye is very delicate, and using paints that are not designed for contact lenses (as is the case with the majority of lenses available on the streets) can damage your eyes.

There are two safe ways to get costume contacts. One is to visit an eye doctor, get a prescription and order them through your doctor's office. Another option is to order your costume lenses online from trusted contact lens retailers. This way, you can get the best price. As with most online orders, your contacts will usually arrive in about a week, so you should place your order in advance.

Like the idea of costume contacts? They are great fun and, with so many designs available, you can find a style to match your costume perfectly.
About the Author

Tanya Turner is color and special effects contact lens expert and a founder of Contact Lenses Consumer Guide, where you can find information and photos of Halloween costume contact lenses
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Have you been wearing the same contact lenses for the last few years? If so, it might be time for a change.

Contact lens manufacturers constantly work on improving contact lenses. The goal is to produce lenses that you can wear all day long without any danger or discomfort to your eyes. Contact lens quality has seriously improved over the last few years. See how modern contact lenses can help your eyes to feel and see better.

30 days wear contact lenses

How would you like to put your contact lenses in your eyes in the morning and not worrying about them for the next 30 days? Sounds almost too good to be true, but there are contacts that you can safely wear for a month.

Most contact lenses can be worn for no longer than 8-10 hours in a row because the lens blocks the flow of oxygen to your eyes. This can cause irritation and promote bacterial infection.

However, the new generation of lenses, made from a different material (silicone hydrogel lenses), have much higher oxygen permeability. For example, Focus Day and Night lets through 6 times more oxygen than conventional contacts. With more oxygen reaching your eyes, wearing contact lenses for 30 days becomes a safe option.

There are two lenses that are FDA approved for continuous wear for up to 30 days - Focus Night and Day by Ciba Vision and Pure Vision by Bausch & Lomb.

The downside of extended wear contacts is that if you live or work in a dusty or smoky environment, tiny particles will get into your eyes, so the lenses won't feel comfortable for several days.

Silicon-hydrogel contacts

Discomfort and dry eyes are constant complaints among contact lens wearers. Contact lens manufacturers worked very hard on developing lenses that don't dry your eyes, even by the end of the day. The result of this research is silicon hydrogel contact lenses. You can wear them from the early morning till midnight and they feel comfortable all day long.

One of the most successful silicone hydrogel contacts is new Acuvue Oasis. It is made of senofilcon A, which is a new silicone hydrogel material that - according to the manufacturer - is 50 percent smoother than other silicone hydrogel contacts. There is also a special moisture-rich wetting agent, called Hydraclear Plus, for additional comfort.

Another comfortable silicon hydrogel contact lens is O2Optix. It is a 2 week disposable lens which you can occasionally leave in overnight. O2Optix is also quite affordable - especially if you buy it online with a discount.

1 day disposable contact lenses

Even though cleaning contact lenses takes only a minute, many people find it a hassle. Now, when the production costs of contact lenses has significantly decreased, daily disposable contacts have become affordable and very popular.

Daily disposable lenses have a number of advantages:

• the lens is fresh and sterile every morning, when you put it in
• there is no hassle with cleaning and storing your contact lenses
• no storage or cleaning solution is required, so you save on contact lens caring products
• there is no protein build ups on the lens
• they are ideal for people with allergies

The majority of contact lens manufacturers have lines of daily disposable contacts. The most popular disposable lenses are 1 Day Acuvue and Focus Dailies.

If you are generally happy with the lenses you wear now, but wish for even more comfort and less hassle, ask your doctor if he or she can switch you to daily disposable contacts from the same brand.

Find out more about daily disposable contacts , compare and review different brands

Color contact lenses - the most popular contacts on the market

Did you ever think that you can kill two birds with one stone, and change your eye color while correcting your vision? If you have to wear contact lenses anyway, try color contacts. Recently developed color contact lenses can give you a vivid, yet natural, look.

You can get two types of color contacts - enhancement color lenses, which are half transparent and designed to enrich your natural color; and opaque lenses, which can change your color completely, even if you have dark eyes.

Modern color contacts even come as 2 week and 1 month disposables.

The most popular color lens collections are:

• Freshlook Colorblends to change color of dark or light eyes
• Freshlook Radiance - enhancement lenses to make your eyes sparkly
• Acuvue 2 Color opaque and enhancement lenses
• Focus Softcolors (2 weeks and monthly disposable) - enhancement lenses to brighten light eyes and give them a tint of blue, green or aqua

See pictures of people wearing exciting color contacts

About the Author

Tanya Turner is a contact lens expert and a founder of www.1-contact-lenses-consumer-guide.com/, where you can find unbiased information about eye health and contact lenses. You can also find information on how to buy cheap contact lenses online

The Wonderful World Of Contact Lenses

The Wonderful World Of Contact Lenses

Hundreds of thousands of people will purchase contact lenses this year. Not all of these people will be doing so to improve their vision. In fact, many will be making these purchases because they want a new eye color. For those who are on the market, looking for great looking contacts, you have hundreds of great choices. Contact lenses are able to provide you with better vision of course, but they are also able to give you a new look to be proud of.

What do you hope to gain from contact lenses? Manufacturers are set on pleasing the demanding public that wants new types of contact lenses. Options are available to help you with vision of all types. Do you use bifocals? Do you need contacts to help control astigmatism? Toric lenses, soft lenses, contacts for those who have sensitive eyes� there are many different options available to you. In most cases, just about any eye problem can be corrected with contacts. There are of course, extreme cases.

Now, there is the other side of the coin as well. Not only do contact lenses wearers benefit from prescription contacts, but those who have no sight problems at all also benefit. If you are one of the many people who want a new eye color, the options are numerous! You can have just about any eye color that you want. You can enhance your current eye color with the use of contacts. Or, you can create wild and scary looking eyes with Halloween contacts. There is no telling the limit that is available to you.

The best part is that the contact lens world is wide open on the internet. Hundreds of thousands of people purchase their contacts online. The best prices, then, are just around the corner. Why not own a few pair to match a few different outfits? Look for something different to scare a friend with (like glow in the dark contacts). Or, simply enhance your current eye color for great looking options. Your choices are endless!

About the Author

Find more information and tips about contact lenses by visiting http://www.contactlensesnews.info

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N.C. MUSEUM OF ART, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh. Information, 839-6262 or www.ncartmuseum.org. Permanent Collection Tour. Through Dec. 30, 1:30 p.m.
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Safety Through The Lens: Improving contact lenses from infection - Salt Lake Tribune

Safety Through The Lens: Improving contact lenses from infection Salt Lake Tribune, United States - Jun 19, 2006 ... there in short order," said Shawn Nelson, contact lens manager at the University of Utah Moran Eye Center. "They are made of a sponge ...

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Crazy Contact Lenses -- Freak Out Your Friends!

Crazy Contact Lenses -- Freak Out Your Friends!

You�ve seen them before either in music videos, in theatre, or maybe even while out shopping. They always get a second and third look. People don�t know what to make of them. Small children either love them or are terrified by them. But that is part of their appeal. They are meant to generate attention and interest. Why else buy crazy contact lenses if you can�t freak a few people out with them?

Crazy contact lenses are contacts that have designs or unique colors imprinted in them to make the eye stand out or mimic other creatures. There are countless designs of crazy contacts including everything from sport teams� logos to eyes that appear engulfed in flames. One of the more popular designs is a cat eye with a black pupil.

Though crazy contacts are fun at parties and for special effects, they are still contact lenses and need to be cared for in the same manner as you would care for other styles of contacts. This means that they are cleansed regularly with the proper cleaning solution. They shouldn�t ever be shared with others. They are not meant to be slept in. And because they should be fitted for the specific shape of your eye, crazy contacts should only be acquired via prescription from an eye care practitioner.

This doesn�t mean that you have to wear glasses in order to wear crazy contacts. Like traditional colored contact lenses, crazy contacts can come in both novelty and visual correction prescription form. However, in the United States, the FDA requires that you possess a valid prescription in order to purchase contact lens of any style including crazy contacts.

Crazy contacts are extremely fun. If you are into theatrics, crazy contacts can add an intriguing effect and element of mystery to your project. If you are just looking for some fun, try walking around the mall with a pair of crazy contact lenses in and watch all of the heads turn. Keep in mind though that they are still regular contact lenses and require the same care as any other contact lens. As always, talk to your eye care practitioner today about ordering your new pair of crazy contacts.

About the Author

Mike Schwartz is the owner of the popular web site Best Contact Lenses Online His site provides useful tips, resources, and reviews to help you make the best decision when purchasing contact lenses on the Internet.
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Anna-Lisa Osmond of Sandy was plagued by a nasty eye infection that wouldn't go away. The 24-year-old health fitness specialist, who wears soft contact lenses to correct her near-sightedness, spent two miserable months dealing with an itchy, watery eye that was highly sensitive to light. "When I blinked, it felt like there was something in my eye like an eyelash," she said. "But it wasn't
Source: www.sltrib.com

Seeing clearly for 50 years (Press-Citizen)

Seeing clearly for 50 years (Press-Citizen)
After serving in the U.S. Army in World War II from 1942-45, where one of his duties was fixing binoculars, Al McDonald returned to Iowa City to work in the optical business.
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Taking the red-eye (Northwest Indiana Times)
The first time Dawn McClellan wore her amber-colored Nike MaxSight contact lenses to school, she received a variety of comments. People wondered if she had pink-eye, others asked if red was her natural eye color, and someone even called her Satan.
Source: www.thetimesonline.com

A Look at My Two-Day Career As a Medical Mini-Intern (RedNova)
By MARY BOGEST I was wearing my official doctors lab coat as I entered the High Point Regional Health System at 6:45 that Tuesday morning. People nodded. Volunteers smiled.
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contact lenses 101

Contact lenses are a great alternative to glasses. Many people who live an active lifestyle have enjoyed the ease and convenience of contacts now for many years. Today, there is an extensive choice to best fit your need.

Contacts now have so many options; it may seem a bit overwhelming to find the right pair for you. In truth, there are a few things you should know when shopping for contacts. But when done right, you will find much better prices and varieties than your optometrist could provide.

After a visit to your eye doctor, you can ask for a prescription of your eyes. This little sheet of paper will tell you everything you want to know about the shape, size, and power of your eyes. First, you will need to decipher the abbreviations on your prescription

PWR: this is the strength in diopters your new lenses must have in order to sharpen your sight to an acceptable level.

BC: Known as back curvature, this number indicates the shape of your cornea and helps with overall fit and comfort.

DIA: The distance in milliliters across your contact lenses

CYL: For those of you with astigmatism, this measures how advanced it is.

AXIS: Also for astigmatism patients, this helps the contacts correct the oval shape of your cornea.

ADD: For bifocal users, this will show the additional strength in the section of your contacts used for reading or close viewing.

COLOR: If you have chosen contacts that will enhance or change your eye color, your desired color will be shown here.

BRAND: If your doctor has prescribed a certain brand for you, in most cases, retailers are required to sell you only that brand.

Now that you know what your prescription means, you can now shop for the best contacts for you, there are some things to note though. After talking to your doctor, you should be aware if you need soft or gas permeable contacts.

Soft contacts are quite common and take less time for your eyes to adjust to. Because they contain anywhere from 25% to 79% water, they are more comfortable but less durable. Some also allow you to sleep in them. Soft contacts are generally replaced more often than gas permeable lenses. The life expectancy of soft contacts vary from once a day to once every few months. This factor depends on upkeep and how sensitive your eyes are.

Gas permeable lenses are made from a rigid silicone which is considerably more durable and longer lasting. In the long run, gas permeables are slightly more expensive up front but less expensive over time since one pair will last a couple of years compared to soft contacts lasting an average of around a month.

A new craze today is color changing or enhancing contacts. Some people add this feature to their already existing prescription and some even buy them simply for decoration. Color can come in a variety of intensities.

Tinted contacts have a visible tint meant to enhance the natural color of your eyes. this type looks best on light colored eyes.

Color tints have an opaque solid color pattern around the center of the lens which can dramatically change eye color. The color pattern is based off of natural color occurrences in the iris. The center is clear so you can see. These lenses come in colors such as blue, hazel, green, and even violet.

Costume tints have been used in movies for special eye effects and are now available to the general public. Options include white-out, spiral, cheetah, and alien. These are obviously not for everyone.

With this information, shopping for the best contacts can be a fun and rewarding experience. You are almost guaranteed a better price and more ease than conventional ordering from your optometrist. The best way to find the best prices is to browse around and compare prices. Be careful of scammers and stay with reliable companies.

About the author:

Briana is an original writer for www.youseekit.com. You can see the original article by going to http://www.youseekit.com/contact-lenses.htm.

Welcome

Welcome to my new blog where I hope to cover the subject of color contacts.

Over the next weeks and months I hope to publish articles and news from around the world regarding color contacts.

I hope you'll be able to come back often.